- SCOTUS Should Uphold Telecoms' Privacy Fines, Watchdogs Argue
MediaDailyNews, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, March 31, 2026
Consumer advocates and former FCC heads support the agency's decision to fi ...
- FCC Head Carr Says Trump Is Winning War Against 'Fake News Media'
Around the Net In Media, Ray Schultz - Monday, March 30, 2026
Brendan Carr, chair of the Federal Communications Commission, claimed on Friday th ...
- Mega Mergers Are Hurting Local News As Layoffs Ensue
Around the Net In Media, Ray Schultz - Wednesday, March 25, 2026
Local news is the biggest casualty as Hollywood studios merge and streami ...
- Federal Pressure On TV News: Hard To Do, But Threats Persist
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, March 24, 2026
Recently, there have been perceived threats from FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr ov ...
- Free Speech Watchdogs Urge FCC Chair To Withdraw Threats To Broadcasters
MediaDailyNews, Wendy Davis - Friday, March 20, 2026
"The Communications Act explicitly denies the Commission any 'power of censorship' ...
- Nexstar-Tegna $6.2B Deal Approved, Challenges Remain
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Friday, March 20, 2026
There are lawsuits from eight state governments with antitrust concerns, as we ...
- FCC Campaigns To Hold 'The View' Accountable For 'Equal Time'
TVBlog, Adam Buckman - Tuesday, March 17, 2026
Of all the TV news talk shows the Trump administration could ha ...
- Sen. Blumenthal Blasts FCC 'Censorship Scheme'
MediaDailyNews, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, February 25, 2026
FCC Chair Brendan Carr has abused power to "harass broadcasters for critic ...
- Advocacy Groups Back Media Matters In Fight Over 'Ad Boycott' Probe
MediaDailyNews, Wendy Davis - Monday, February 23, 2026
The FTC's probe of Media Matters is part of the Trump administration ...
- Late Night Improv Entertainment: More Politicians, Please
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Monday, February 23, 2026
Viewers want to have some unexpected talk from politicians. Maybe they wa ...
- FCC Investigating 'The View' Over Talarico Interview
MediaDailyNews, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, February 18, 2026
"The FCC has an enforcement action underway on that, and we're taki ...
- Why Big Station Groups Could Survive - And Thrive
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, January 28, 2026
Those that gain sizable market share would be more competitive as liv ...
- FCC Pushes Late Night For Equal Time Laughs - Politically Speaking
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Friday, January 23, 2026
Comedy on both sides of the political aisle - on a sing ...
- Chamber Of Commerce Urges SCOTUS To Review Verizon's Privacy Fine
MediaDailyNews, Wendy Davis - Monday, December 15, 2025
The FCC violated Verizon's 7th Amendment right by "acting as the prosecuto ...
- Buying Up More Stations: Is There A Real Media Plan To Compete?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, November 18, 2025
Where are legacy TV station owners headed in terms of media busine ...
- What Would The End Of Legacy TV Look Like?
TVBlog, Adam Buckman - Tuesday, November 18, 2025
Let's suppose that the future has arrived, and the owners of t ...
- Verizon Asks SCOTUS To Review Privacy Fine
MediaDailyNews, Wendy Davis - Friday, November 14, 2025
The FCC violated Verizon's right to a jury trial by imposing ...
- Ex-Officials, Watchdogs Back Slaughter FTC Reinstatement Bid
MediaDailyNews, Wendy Davis - Thursday, November 13, 2025
Ousted FTC Commissioner Rebecca Kelly Slaughter is drawing support in her batt ...
- A Possible Versant-WBD Deal? FCC Can't Touch This, But...
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Friday, October 17, 2025
A possible Versant-WBD deal has no broadcast license issues to consider ...
- Play Commercials Softly But Carry A Big Streaming Ad Shtick - Somewhere
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, October 8, 2025
Major streaming services won't be able to "transmit the audio of commerci ...
- Chamber Of Commerce Urges Court To Revisit T-Mobile's Privacy Fine
MediaDailyNews, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, October 1, 2025
The FCC violated T-Mobile's constitutional right to a jury trial by fini ...
- Stage Is Set For 'SNL' Vs. Trump As Show Starts New Season
TVBlog, Adam Buckman - Wednesday, October 1, 2025
All eyes will be on "Saturday Night Live" this weekend to s ...
- Station Groups And Kimmel: Future Network Content Issues?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, September 30, 2025
"[This] should rightly cause consumers to expect that content will be mo ...
- T-Mobile Petitions Court To Reconsider Location Privacy Fine
MediaDailyNews, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, September 23, 2025
T-Mobile is urging the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals to reconsider i ...
- Shut Down ABC Network, Shift To Streaming?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, September 24, 2025
Needham & Company recommends Walt Disney just accelerate where the world see ...
- Guess We'll Be Doing It The Hard Way
Red, White & Blog, Joe Mandese - Friday, September 19, 2025
Fun fact: Before he was FCC chair, Brendan Carr was one ...
- Conservative Station Owners Flexed Muscle, Played Kimmel Suspension Role
TVBlog, Adam Buckman - Friday, September 19, 2025
The two companies were reacting to the now-infamous remarks Kimmel made ...
- ABC Indefinitely Pulls 'Kimmel Live' Following Charlie Kirk Remarks
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, September 17, 2025
The decision came minutes after the largest independent TV station group, Nexst ...
- Court Rejects Verizon Challenge To $47 Million Privacy Fine.
MediaDailyNews, Wendy Davis - Thursday, September 11, 2025
Siding with the FCC, the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals upheld ...
- TV Station Owner Limits: To Be Lifted For Some, Not Others?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, August 27, 2025
The Trump administration could be looking to keep the big four ...